Example sentences of "was [adv] about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was on about 12,000 revs and tried to bring the wheel back in at the apex of the corner , ’ James said , ‘ but it was too far gone and that was it . |
| 2 | I was somewhere about fourteen . |
| 3 | You knew what it was all about six years ago — what was happening . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ That 's what it was all about six years ago , why you were a bundle of nerves every time I came anywhere near you — because you could n't cope with your feelings . |
| 5 | It was fun living in a flat because once you were inside there were no stairs and everything was in about two feet 's distance . |
| 6 | And I 've thought about buying a , a me erm a metal detector and going up and going over the where the kirkyard was because when there were was here that was in about sixteen oh it might have been about sixteen sixty or sixteen eighty . |
| 7 | Now this entire wall is exactly as it was in about fourteen fifty when it was built . |
| 8 | He said : ‘ The rig was in about six feet of water , much deeper than she would normally go . |
| 9 | At first , registration of births was only about 95 per cent complete . |
| 10 | Actually who stayed for mass there was only about thirty . |
| 11 | Doyle let the little group of people walk on until it was only about two hundred metres away . |
| 12 | At Machrie , Kilchoman , the mill has been made into a house and there was a millstone there which was only about two inches thick ; another thin stone was on the south bank of the Saligo river at NR208639 , which is not far away . |
| 13 | Although it was only about two shillings I think it was a lot of money for her you know . |
| 14 | And on the ones cos they were trying to s screw us down to the floor and on the popular metric where they I knew they were gon na they could find better suppliers , I was only about two per cent on some of those . |
| 15 | And er of course he alerted the other two fellows and there were no fighting there was only about two little fire extinguishers on the tower . |
| 16 | she was only about two and a half there |
| 17 | I think it was only about two ninety nine . |
| 18 | But it was only about two shops that showed any signs of life . |
| 19 | He was only about two meters away from me and he was like shooting me in the back . |
| 20 | She was only about seventeen , with the most beautiful little face I had ever seen . |
| 21 | For a moment Robert thought she might have had her feet bound , and then he realized that her problem was simply that her face-mask was now so in line with Islamic law that her field of vision was only about six inches to the left and right of her . |
| 22 | Although their population was only about 5 per cent of the total of rural Wales , some districts fared relatively worse than others , particularly in Powys ( Brecknock , Montgomery and Radnor ) and parts of West Wales ( Preseli and south Pembrokeshire ) . |
| 23 | His new home was only about 5 miles away from Shelley , but in terms of family history his decision to move was momentous . |
| 24 | Aldfrith may not have had an obvious heir across the late 680s and early 690s , for Osred was only about 8 years old on his father 's death and not born , therefore , until c . |
| 25 | On Pippin 's side there was also a crucial non-participant : Bernard " though he was only about 8 km away from the battlefield , gave no help to either side " . |
| 26 | I do n't know , I was only about eight . |
| 27 | he s it was only about eight o'clock or something and he said will they be there yet , will they be there if I go and have a pint with them ? |
| 28 | and unfortunately it was only about eight months before that she lost her mother , only her mother was the dominant feature of the family you see she kept them all together |
| 29 | He was only about four when he died and I think it was totally unexpected , because I believe that the doctor who had tended him had remarked previously that he wished his own son , who was about the same age as Thomas Isaac , had been as robust . |
| 30 | but she was only about four foot eleven |